I will try to take a look and hopefully squeeze something in to my next LiveCode Global session!
On Fri, Jun 30, 2017 at 5:12 PM Lagi Pittas via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > HI Ali > > Thanks for popping in with a vary practical and edifying lesson in the > power of the widget program/display mechanics. > Basically OO MVC for widgets with - in this case at least - very low > coupling. > > Maybe you or somebody on the list with greater Livecode powers than me > (not difficult) could create or even jumpstart an Android FFI widget > around the print to printer functions in the latest Android. > > Specifically some type of widget that we could call to connect to a printer > on a local network. Writing to specific printers via bluetooth or without a > wifi network would probably be lot of work. > > It would save so much aggravation and be a great addition to the widget > course and of much more practical use to me and I dare say others than the > battery checker example - which I would wager is probably more difficult > - > > If I have a need for a widget I ultimately put the time in to understand > it better because I will modify it - or add something to it - but the > battery checker i've just glossed over the code. > > The way I've got round my problem at the moment is Windows Tablets but it > pains me running Windows 10 on an 8 Inch tablet just to make it easy to > print. - although they work remarkably well. > > I'm sure there are others who would like an easy way to connect to a local > networked printer. > > Thanks in advance > > > Kindest Regards Lagi > > On 30 June 2017 at 16:47, Ali Lloyd via use-livecode < > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > > Alternatively, take the clock widget and replace the OnPaint handler with > > > > public handler OnPaint() > > variable tTime as List > > variable tComponent as Integer > > repeat with tComponent from 1 up to 3 > > push mCurrentTime[tComponent] formatted as string onto tTime > > end repeat > > variable tTimeString as String > > combine tTime with ":" into tTimeString > > > > fill text tTimeString at center of my bounds on this canvas > > end handler > > > > for a digital clock widget. If you're feeling adventurous, make the > OnPaint > > handler draw an LCD-style digital display à la Hermann ;-) > > > > On Fri, Jun 30, 2017 at 4:25 PM panagiotis merakos via use-livecode < > > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > > > > Neat and simple. That's why we love LiveCode :) > > > > > > Panos > > > -- > > > > > > On Fri, Jun 30, 2017 at 3:47 PM, hh via use-livecode < > > > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > > > > > > To have it in sync with the system clock: > > > > > > > > send "updateClock" to me in (1000 - the millisecs mod 1000) millisecs > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > use-livecode mailing list > > > > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > > > > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > > > > subscription preferences: > > > > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > use-livecode mailing list > > > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > > > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > > > subscription preferences: > > > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > use-livecode mailing list > > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > > subscription preferences: > > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
